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18  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.codec;
19  
20  import java.io.InputStream;
21  import java.io.OutputStream;
22  
23  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
24  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellScanner;
25  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseInterfaceAudience;
26  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.CellOutputStream;
27  
28  /**
29   * Encoder/Decoder for Cell.
30   *
31   * <p>Like {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoder} 
32   * only Cell-based rather than KeyValue version 1 based and without presuming 
33   * an hfile context.  Intent is an Interface that will work for hfile and rpc.
34   */
35  @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC, HBaseInterfaceAudience.PHOENIX})
36  public interface Codec {
37    // TODO: interfacing with {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoder}
38    /**
39     * Call flush when done.  Some encoders may not put anything on the stream until flush is called.
40     * On flush, let go of any resources used by the encoder.
41     */
42    interface Encoder extends CellOutputStream {}
43  
44    /**
45     * Implementations should implicitly clean up any resources allocated when the
46     * Decoder/CellScanner runs off the end of the cell block. Do this rather than require the user
47     * call close explicitly.
48     */
49    interface Decoder extends CellScanner {};
50  
51    Decoder getDecoder(InputStream is);
52    Encoder getEncoder(OutputStream os);
53  }